e2fsprogs as an essential package

2001-09-05 Thread zw
hi, with reiserfs etc. shall we downgrade debian package e2fsprogs' essential state to at least to allow it to be removable? thanks! (one thing to notice is maybe the generic fsck wrapper?) zw

howto (apt-)get only ./debian dir of a package?

2000-08-20 Thread zw
there is $ apt-get source pkg but usually i just want to peek at the ./debian directory to learn from others doing, or i want to try the official ./debian stuff on a cvs version, ... the question is can i? (i know i can check on the packages.debian.org, but can i get 'em without the need of a

devfsd: ide cdr with scsi simulator

2000-08-19 Thread zw
i have to manually modprobe ide-scsi and sg before i can use cdrecord -scanbus for creative 4224e ide cdrecorder. question is: how can i add them into /etc/modutils/devfsd ? thanks,

M17 with session management?

2000-08-18 Thread zw
since mozilla is quite stable now, (i used it extensively now, indeed it's my only browser using, and i can use all the habits when i'm using IE with mozilla, like open 10 to 20 broswer windows for some lota javascript popup sites, and big pics (don't get me wrong! ;) so is it possible to enable

Re: please help on apt-move weirdness

2000-08-15 Thread zw
On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 03:39:52PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1 ~ $ sudo apt-move localupdate /usr/bin/apt-move: line 122: syntax error near unexpected token (' See the following: http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=67519

please help on apt-move weirdness

2000-08-14 Thread zw
apt-move 4.1.9 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1 ~ $ sudo apt-move localupdate /usr/bin/apt-move: line 122: syntax error near unexpected token (' [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1 ~ $ the script contains some `(' and `)' where it should be `{' and `}' (??) but if this is the case, then how came that `()' became `{}' ?? i